Heber Springs, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72543. It lies near Bridal Veil Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Heber Springs quadrangle. 6,969 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
On record in Heber Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 10 records
Cleburne County Courthouselisted 1976
Cleburne County Farm Cemeterylisted 2005
Dr. Cyrus F. Crosby Houselisted 1993
Mike Meyer Disfarmer Gravesitelisted 2009
Clarence Frauenthal Houselisted 1993
Heber Springs Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2009
Hugh L. King Houselisted 1992
Olmstead, T. E., & Son Funeral Homelisted 1995
Rector Houselisted 2008
Woman's Community Club Band Shelllisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresHeber Springs fell from 7,165 to 6,969 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,165 | |
| 2020 | 6,969 | -196 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Heber Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Heber Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Heber Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Heber Springs: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heber Springs Quarry & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heber Springs in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and damaged some roof of buildings. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew camping trailers over and uprooted trees in the Heber Springs area. Some of the trees fell onto camping trailers. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees onto houses. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heber Springs | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Heber Springs | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driftwood Shores | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| South Shore Park | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tannenbaum | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Tumbling Shoals | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Libby (historical) | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Miller (historical) | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Ridge | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Snell | 6.1 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Heber Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q80096 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77155. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







